scholarly journals A Case of Spontaneous Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusMeningitis in a Health Care Worker

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 336-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Dylewski ◽  
Guillaume Martel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Full Recovery ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Care Worker ◽  
Intensive Care Nurse

Meningitis caused byStaphylococcus aureusis an unusual illness that is often associated with bacteremia, contiguous infection and/or a post-neurosurgical state. Until recently, most cases were caused by methicillin-susceptible strains, but there are a few reports of methicillin-resistantS aureusstrains causing meningitis. A new case of meningitis caused by methicillin-resistantS aureusin a neonatal intensive care nurse who did not have bacteremia or neurosurgery is reported. The patient made a full recovery after treatment with vancomycin and rifampin.

Use of Gaseous Ozone for Eradication of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusFrom the Home Environment of a Colonized Hospital Employee

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1120-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hero E. L. de Boer ◽  
Carla M. van Elzelingen-Dekker ◽  
Cora M. F. van Rheenen-Verberg ◽  
Lodewijk Spanjaard
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Hospital Employee ◽  
Gaseous Ozone ◽  
Intensive Care Nurse

An intensive care nurse with eczema was repeatedly treated for methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) carriage. Because cultures remained positive for MRSA, her house was investigated. Thirty-four percent of environmental samples yielded MRSA. Her children and cat were free of MRSA. The house was decontaminated with gaseous ozone. All subsequent cultures were negative for MRSA. This decontamination cost €2,000 (approximately $2,400).

scholarly journals Examination of 388 Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Intensive Care Unit Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (46) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timileyin Adedrian ◽  
Stephanie Hitchcock ◽  
Lyndsay M. O’Hara ◽  
Jane M. Michalski ◽  
J. Kristie Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
Genomic Diversity ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Care Worker

We have examined the draft genomes of 388 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from intensive care unit patients at three geographically distributed hospitals to determine genomic diversity associated with potential health care worker-associated transmission.

An Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 317-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Saiman ◽  
Alicia Cronquist ◽  
Fann Wu ◽  
Juyan Zhou ◽  
David Rubenstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Surveillance Cultures ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Incident Cases

AbstractObjective:To describe the epidemiologic and molecular investigations that successfully contained an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Design:Isolates of MRSA were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and S. aureus protein A (spa).Setting:A level III-IV, 45-bed NICU located in a children's hospital within a medical center.Patients:Incident cases had MRSA isolated from clinical cultures (eg, blood) or surveillance cultures (ie, anterior nares).Interventions:Infected and colonized infants were placed on contact precautions, cohorted, and treated with mupirocin. Surveillance cultures were performed for healthcare workers (HCWs). Colonized HCWs were treated with topical mupirocin and hexachlorophene showers.Results:From January to March 2001, the outbreak strain of MRSA PFGE clone B, was harbored by 13 infants. Three (1.3%) of 235 HCWs were colonized with MRSA. Two HCWs, who rotated between the adult and the pediatric facility, harbored clone C. One HCW, who exclusively worked in the children's hospital, was colonized with clone B. From January 1999 to November 2000, 22 patients hospitalized in the adult facility were infected or colonized with clone B. Spa typing and PFGE yielded concordant results. PFGE clone B was identified as spa type 16, associated with outbreaks in Brazil and Hungary.Conclusions:A possible route of MRSA transmission was elucidated by molecular typing. MRSA appears to have been transferred from our adult facility to our pediatric facility by a rotating HCW. Spa typing allowed comparison of our institution's MRSA strains with previously characterized outbreak clones.

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